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Fleeing From Evil to God

Synopsis:

Five men run away from Evil. Evil comes there to welcome them and once again causes them to get into a fight. Eventually 4 of them either destroy themselves or another person by the Evil’s temptation and only one of them leaves the island on a boat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Titles: 

Original Title: Esteazeh
Screenwriter & Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 
Cast:
Mohammad Kasebi
Majid Majidi
Morteza Masaeli
Ali Derakhshi
Mohammad Takhtkeshiyan
Massoud Ghandi

 
Director of Photography: Ebrahim Ghazizaeh
Editor: Iraj Golafshan
Make-Up: Abdollah Eskandari
Dubbing: Iraj Nazeriyan
International Sales: Makhmalbaf Film House (UK)
1984, color (scope), 89 mins.

Festivals: 

 

  1. The 14th Turin International Festival of young Cinema, Italy 1996.
  2. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada 1997.
  3. The Festival of Iranian Films at Montreal Conservatoire, Canada 1997.
  4. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Pacific Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada 1997.
  5. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Northwest Film Center, Portland, 1997.
  6. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Film Center of Chicago, USA 1997.
  7. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, USA 1997.
    “A Tribute to Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  8. Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, USA 1997.
  9. Museum of Modern Art of New York, USA 1997.
  10. Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, USA 1997.
     
  11. The Festival of Iranian Films at The UCLA Film Archive, USA 1997.
    “A Tribute to Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  12. The Festival of Iranian Films at Cleveland Cinematheque, Canada 1997.
    “A Tribute to Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  13. Retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Sweden 1998.
  14. The 14th Calcutta International Film Festival, India 1998.
  15. The Festival of Iranian Films at The Royal Film Archive, Brussels, Belgium 1999.
  16. The Festival of Iranian Films in Vienna, Austria 1999.
  17. The Festival of Iranian Films at Slovenian Film Museum, Slovenia 1999.
  18. The Festival of Iranian Films in Leipzig, 2000.
    “ A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  19. The Festival of Iranian Films in Bangladesh, 2000.
    “ A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  20. The Festival of Iranian Films in India, 2000.
    “ A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
     
  21. The Festival of Iranian Films in New Delhi, 2001.
    “ A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  22. The Festival of Iranian Films in St. Petersburg, 2001.
    “ A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”
  23. Calcutta Film Festival, India 2001.
  24. Moscow Film Festival, Russia 2001.
    “ Retrospective of Makhmalbaf film House”
  25. A retrospective of "Mohsen Makhmalbaf”in Madras,Banglore,Viji Vada,Haydarabad , India 2001
  26. Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh 2002. 
    “A retrospective of Mohsen Makhmalbaf”